Boerhavia triquetra, commonly known as creeping sticky stem, five-wing spiderling, slender spiderling, or spiderling, is an annual species of spiderling plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Slender Spiderling being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Boerhavia torreyana
- Boerhavia purpurascens
- Boerhavia spicata
- Boerhavia erecta
- Boerhavia coulteri
- Boerhavia wrightii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Boerhavia
- Species
- Boerhavia triquetra
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